Coates argues that Trump's rise to influence and power during the presidency of America's first black president was a product of his whiteness.

Coates writes:

"To Trump, whiteness is neither notional nor symbolic but is the very core of his power. In this, Trump is not singular. But whereas his forebears carried whiteness like an ancestral talisman, Trump cracked the glowing amulet open, releasing its eldritch energies."

Three guests joined Miller to weigh in on that charge — and the Coates essay: